Oxford

Police said 22 dogs were seized and a man has been arrested for animal cruelty in Oxford on Tuesday. First Selectman George Temple said the dogs were seized on Little Punkup Road around 10:15 a.m. Police and animal control officers searched a home and found nearly two dozen dogs, many of which were suffering from various medical conditions. The conditions...

Oxford is delaying the start of school because of damage from the heavy rains and flooding on Sunday. School was supposed to start on Aug. 28, but several roads remain closed, the superintendent said, the streets are not safe for buses to travel on and bus companies will need to develop new routes. Dr. Robert Miller, the superintendent of schools,…

Randi Marcucio’s home collapsed after floodwaters eroded the ground around it during Sunday’s catastrophic flooding.

A single mother in Oxford is trying to figure out how to pick up the pieces after her home collapsed due to Sunday’s historic rainfall and flooding. The home on East Hill Road sat next to a small creek that turned into a raging river on Sunday. Homeowner Randi Marcucio said she watched helplessly as the water kept rising....

It’s going to take a long time for Oxford to recover from the devastation from flooding. And just getting around town right now is not easy with numerous detours. Driving into Oxford a day after torrential rain fell, you can still pass through standing water on roads and see the effects of raging currents. “A stunning amount of damage....

Two women are dead after what town officials call “historic, unprecedented flooding” in Oxford on Sunday. State police have identified the women as 65-year-old Ethelyn Joiner and 71-year-old Audrey Rostkowski, both of Oxford. Oxford Fire Chief Scott Pelletier said firefighters responded to get one of the women out of a vehicle when the car shifted in the flooding and she…